How rare is the name Janina?

5,970 people in the United States have the first name Janina, about 1 in 50,592. It ranks #3,475 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

JANINA

#3,475

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
5,970
About
1 in 50,592
This common or more
82.5%
Who bears it

Of the 5,970 people named Janina, 73.1% reported their origin as White, 15.5% as Hispanic or Latino and 5.5% as Black. Virtually all are female (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Janina peaked in 1980, when 77 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19112025
Peak year
1980
Births that year
77
In 2025*
11 ▼86%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 2,929 babies have been given the name since 1911. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Janina by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1910s, when it ranked #2,581. The largest share of babies named Janina, 27.3%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.

1910s#2,581211
1920s#4,114154
1930s#7,78231
1940s#4,749112
1950s#3,900205
1960s#3,318328
1970s#3,435392
1980s#3,128571
1990s#5,131382
2000s#8,184269
2010s#12,268162
2020s#10,778112
Greatest Generation 1901–2711.9%
Silent Generation 1928–453.6%
Baby boom 1946–6414%
Generation X 1965–8022%
Millennials 1981–9627.3%
Generation Z 1997–1213.6%
2013 and later7.6%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Exactly as common as Janina

1 other first name also has 5,970 people.

#3,475 Yara · 5,970

Either side of Janina

#3,473 Madden · 5,974#3,474 Addilyn · 5,971#3,475 Yara · 5,970#3,477 Gregoria · 5,965

Spelled almost the same

5 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Janina, most common first.

#1,213 Janine · 31,970#16,970 Janaina · 657#30,536 Jamina · 285#30,674 Janin · 283#46,015 Jannina · 146

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